WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Logistics Agency issued the following news: One night at a bar after having a drink with a fellow runner, Joint Reserve Force Chief of Staff Navy Capt. Onofrio Margioni pulled out a pencil and there on the back of a napkin, the two devised a plan for the 9/11 run. "9/11 was something personal for me being from and going to college in New York, having spent numerous 9/11s in Manhattan I thought it would be kind of fun to memorialize  more

WEST TRENTON, New Jersey, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- The Delaware River Basin Commission issued the following news release: The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) announces the publication of A Pathway for Continued Restoration: Improving Dissolved Oxygen in the Delaware River Estuary and related modeling reports (https://www.nj.gov/drbc/programs/quality/designated-use.html#pathway) that support updating designated uses and associated water quality standards in the Delaware River Estuary to better   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: CLEVELAND Glunt Industries, Inc. and Merit Capital Partners IV, LLC violated federal law when they engaged in classwide sex discrimination against women by failing to hire them for production jobs and discriminated against their former human resources director and other female employees, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today. According to G  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Oct. 4 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on Oct. 3, 2024: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin, the Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ), and the New Jersey State Police (NJSP) today announced the indictment of an ex-caseworker for the New Jersey Department of Children and Family Services' Division of Child Protection and Permanency (DCPP), for his alleged sexual abuse of two children. Trent L. Collier, 58, formerly of Newark,  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 4 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on Oct. 3, 2024: The Healey-Driscoll Administration announced today that Massachusetts is one of 14 states awarded federal grant funding through the Affordable Care Act intended to improve women's health coverage and access to critical health benefits. The Massachusetts Division of Insurance (DOI) will receive $627,854 in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, thr  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Oct. 4 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Oct. 3, 2024: * * * NJDEP Also Announces First NJ Fleet Advisor Participants * * * In celebration of National Drive Electric Week, Environmental Protection Commissioner Shawn M. LaTourette today announced the first-round award of $15 million in grants for local purchases of 48 electric school buses in New Jersey, marking the state's first comprehensive commitment of funding for these zero-emi  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: Attorney General Kwame Raoul led a coalition of 15 attorneys general in support of a Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) rule requiring that freight and passenger trains generally be staffed with at least two crew members. Raoul and the coalition explain in their brief (https://ilag-dev.dotcms.cloud/dA/bc73637d-4d8a-4058-99e5-ef260d2bda26/fileAsset/Filed%20Brief%2010.24.pdf) that re  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Oct. 3, 2024: * * * Opioid Settlement Spending to Bolster Three Programs to Save Lives and Combat Nationwide Overdose Crisis Advisory Council Soliciting More Public Input Through October 31 * * * Governor Phil Murphy today announced the allocation of more than $25 million from New Jersey's Opioid Recovery and Remediation Fund to support additional efforts tackling the opioid crisis,   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: This year, the Northeast Fisheries Science Center hosted 18 students from 12 states and 18 different colleges and universities. Project topic areas ranged from climate change, offshore wind, and microplastics, to fish and fisheries, aquaculture, and protected species. Some projects involved technologies and techniques such as passive acoustics, photography, biodeposition, mass spectrometry, and   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: The response across southeastern states affected by Hurricane and Tropical Storm Helene continues to address critical needs of survivors. This includes search and rescue operations, power and communications restoration and delivering food and water. Local, state, private, faith-based and nonprofit resources complement the federal family to provide urgent care a  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs issued the following news release on Oct. 3, 2024: Today, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' National Cemetery Administration awarded $44,553,338 in grants for the expansion and/or improvement of state Veterans' cemeteries during fiscal year 2024. These grants help deliver timely and accessible burial and memorial services to Veterans. The cemeteries receiving grants include California, Georgia, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri, Mon  more